Reloading company RCBS is pleased to welcome Joel Hodgdon as the company’s new marketing director, effective immediately. Hodgdon will lead all facets of RCBS’s marketing presence as well as RCBS’s product development strategy and responsibilities.

“It’s an honor to help represent a brand and a company every handloader knows and loves,” said Joel Hodgdon. “Our company is committed to supporting RCBS’s dedicated American manufacturing employees. Long term, we aim to revolutionize reloading with a suite of exciting new products designed to make our customer’s handloading pursuit easier, faster, better quality and more precise for all.” 

“Joel’s addition to the RCBS staff personifies Hodgdon’s commitment to our dedicated team at RCBS,” said Steve Kerwald, Hodgdon Powder Company’s president and CEO. “Combined with the expert experience of the many long-tenured employees at RCBS, Hodgdon looks forward to supporting handloaders around the world with both reloading tools and powder.”

Joel comes to RCBS with hunting and shooting industry marketing experience working for companies such as Remington Ammunition, Federal Ammunition, The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation and Hodgdon Powder Company. Joel will office out of Shawnee, KS as well as spend time in the brand’s historic Oroville, CA manufacturing facility.

About RCBS

RCBS has dedicated itself to the craft of reloading ammunition since its founding in 1943. Starting with one simple bullet swaging die, the company has grown into the industry’s leading reloading equipment manufacturer, with RCBS tools a mainstay on the bench of every handloader. RCBS’s state-of-the-art products are backed by the company’s leading reputation, longstanding quality and customer service guarantee. A brand of Hodgdon Powder Company, RCBS manufactures premium reloading tools in Oroville, California. For more information, visit www.rcbs.com.